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“But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“it is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“The door of the jail being flung open, the young woman stood fully revealed before the crowd. It seemed to be her first impulse to clasp the infant closely to her bosom that she might conceal a certain token which was wrought or fastened to her dress. In a moment, however, wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm, and, with a burning blush and yet a haughty smile, looked around at her townspeople and neighbors. On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“Her intellect and heart had their home, as it were, in desert places, where she roamed as freely as the wild Indian in his woods.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter